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Shane Thoms
Shane Thoms is a leading practitioner of Modern Ruins photography.

He is known for documenting and photographing modern Japanese ruins (known as Haikyo'廃墟')and gained formal recognition for this work via his top-selling book 'Haikyo, The Modern Ruins of Japan'(ISBN: 1908211466)Haikyo The Modern Ruins Of Japan 1908211466. Success from this body of work subsequently led on to the release of two further publications, 'Abandoned Australia' (ISBN: 1908211466) and 'Abandoned South Australia, An Arid Journey' (ISBN: 1925868915), both of which also cover the topic of modern ruins.

His interest in modern ruins began at an early age after developing an interest in horror movie film sets, carnival ghost trains, dark rides and dilapidated urban spaces. His cross cultural body of work now documents the neglected and sometimes abandoned places in urban environments around the world and to incorporates the topic of Dark Tourism.

He has spoken publicly on the BBC and ABC about the art of Haikyo and modern ruins and has also appeared in several articles on CNN, The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, The Business Insider, Atlas Obscura and The Architectural Digest.

He is often cited as a source of professional reference when the topic of urban exploration is discussed in the media

Haikyo: The Modern Ruins of Japan CNN - Abandoned luxury hotels you cant afford to miss Fascinating photographs capture abandoned Japan Lontano dalle luci al neon il giappone abbandonato che non ti aspett i The Weather Channel Creepy Abandoned Bowling Alleys The Smith Journal Shane Thoms risks life and limb to snap abandoned places  Architectural Digest Inside the desolate ruins of japan